A little update on my family (since it's been a while!).....Gavin is now 7 months old. He started crawling a month ago. He's everywhere! He's also pulling himself up to standing. Yeah, I know. He's not supposed to be doing all of that yet, right?! Yeah....... We brought him for his 6 month check up a couple weeks ago and the doctor told us he's passed his 9 month well-visit! LOL He says "Mama" and can wave (backward) and uses sign language for milk sometimes. We did Baby Signing Time with Ella and we never experienced the frustration of her not being able to communicate with us. She could always just sign what she needed. It was awesome! We're working on the sign for "more," "food" and "all done" right now too.

Ella is saying the cutest things to us! She's so "grown-up" these days. She goes back and forth between wanting to be Belle and Cinderella for Halloween. We'll see what she decided the day of I guess! She loves her brother and is so proud to tell people she's his big sister! About a month ago, she all of a sudden started coloring in the lines. Isn't it amazing how that happens all of a sudden!?!! Ella has taken up running with me! I got her some "running shoes" so she wouldn't have to run in her pink sparkly shoes anymore! LOL (Not that she was complaining, but hey, I felt like a bad mom!) So far, we've run/walked 1.5 miles together! I'm so proud of her!

Now, on to this week.....my husband has his first band concert of the year this Thursday and next Sunday, I run a race through "Hell" (Hell, MI) with my best friend, Mandy (whom I met in first grade btw!)! Excited to see all the crazy costumes.....on everyone else. I will stick to running! LOL

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About Me

I'm a wife and a mother to a beautiful 8 year old and active 5 year old . I love to cook, but as crazy busy as my life is, the slow cooker is my life-saver! I am the author and brand ambassador for Fix-It and Forget-It, teach Elementary Music full-time, I'm a Young Living Essential Oils Educator and a fitness instructor for ALM Zone. My cookbooks can all be purchased wherever books are sold. Am I crazy busy...or just crazy? Yes, but I love living my life the way I'm living it!